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:) :) :) - great idea, I'm 71 years old and I'm sure they would love to have me in the UFC :) :) :) I'd consider saying that I did Karate for over 30 years and at the time of retiring I was a 5th degree black belt, but there's no point as of course Karate is of no use against MMA, BJJ, etc etc :) :) :)

@RobertAgarHutton When I say you, I also include your trainees. Show us just a slice of what a Tai-chi practitioner can do against anybody who have trained MMA BBJ Kickboxing etc for over a year. That's all. I already spent my 5 years on this mumbojumbo and know firsthand the answer. Life is too precious to live in illusion.

@@sait962 Most of my trainees are about my age :) I hope that have found a martial art that you enjoy and gives you what you require.

@@sait962 oh, by the way, please feel free to post a link to you training or teaching.

@@RobertAgarHutton You may also post a link showing any Tai-chi practitioner successfully defending himself against real martial arts practitioner. No Kung Fu movies don't count 😄

DAMN - and I thought it was so good I'd be asked to be the next James Bond :) :) :)

Take it slow and do exercise gently and regularly - and check in with your doctor if you need to.

Sorry for the delay in replying - For exercise and health, any weight should be fine. For fighting, the answer is that within reason, yes. Obviously if you weigh 60Kg then fighting someone who weighs 200Kg is going to be difficult.

Hi, sorry for the delay in replying - no, I was just visiting.

Hi Suzette, thank you.

Thank you.

@@RobertAgarHutton sir I have a knee problem this is refree have u any solution

In this chi exercise

@@STFoodsecret for knee problems, Tai Chi may well help (I have an injured knee and it helps me) but you should have a Tai Chi instructor teach you in person to try and figure out the best way to help the knee.

@@STFoodsecret I don't really understand your question - 'chi' can be considered as 'life energy' in which case, yes - but if you mean some special type of energy, with unusual powers and capabilities, then no.

Since I'm now 69 years old that means I was a youngster of about 58 or so when I recorded that ... I really must get around to doing another walking stick video if only to see for myself how I have changed (or not changed) since I recorded that. One change, I no longer wear suits :) :) :)

@@RobertAgarHutton Thank you for your reply. I think it's better to eat loose comfortable clothes out, jigging suits and sneakers,so you can fight or get away.Hoping you make more self defense videos for seniors. It's sad when people get very old and can no longer defend themselves. I pray every day for a change in society to go back when seniors were helped and respected,not made into victims. Thank you again May God bless you, protect you and keep you safe,bless you with health and strength.🙏❤️

@@pattiannepascual Thank you very much.

Great question, I don't know. I remember seeing Systema people taking and giving hits at a seminar I attended years ago. There was a softness and redirection in what they did. I have also (years and years ago) seen a demonstration by a USA demo team - Rod ????? - where they would take full power punches to the throat and kicks to the groin. But not sure what method they used to do that. I would speculate that if your timing and relaxation was very good you could absorb a hit by subtlety moving away from it, but personally, I'll go with 'Mr Miyagi' "No be there" :) :) :)

@@RobertAgarHutton ahh Mr Miyagi though fictional is very wise. I sensed that kind of Karate was a soft style and had a taichi vibe to it.

Thanks Steve. Yes the instructor's get togethers back in Luton were great fun. Now I'm based in Northamptonshire, quite a bit further away from the old 'crew' and several of those instructors who we used to meet up with have pretty much disappeared from my view :)

Thank you very much for your comments. Sam and I have been chatting and hopefully shorter videos (maybe 20 or 30 minutes) will be something we will do on a monthly basis.

It must be 25 years since you were at my Dojo with Roger Sheldon, and held hands with my Daughter, Stephanie. 😀

@@sslang yes, but it's still a story I tell, the uncomfortable looks on your black belt's faces and the distance they tried to keep from each other as they held hands was hysterically funny :)

Thanks for your comment, much appreciated. Just a small correction, the 'nose bone into brain' is an Urban Legend - the 'nose bone' is actually cartilage so can't be driven through the skull into the brain. HOWEVER, if you hit someone hard enough in the same direction that is implied in that kind of attack it could potentially jar the head enough to cause trauma to the brain and if the person fell down and hit the back of their head on the ground, then death is possible... One of the reasons for practicing ANY martial art for an extended period of time is to try and develop enough skill to deal with an attack WITHOUT causing unnecessary damage to an attacker so I totally agree with "It would BE a wholly bad idea, unless the bloke was actually intent on actually killing me." :)

@@RobertAgarHutton Thank you, sir. Much appreciated.

Thanks Jim, I'll be back at Skipsea in September and have some fun things that I want to teach . . . 'fun' being a euphemism for 'Blooming heck that hurts' :) :) :)

Yup, got it in January, hopefully later in the year I'll get time to practice with it (outside, as it's too tall to use in the studio) and then I'll post some videos of me working with it and learning from it. I have always loved the basics - I continually do simple simple simple things in my own practice - I get that some people find basics boring but I've always found that they improve my skills overall and - more importantly - are a great way to relax and really feel how my body and mind connect and what they can do. Hope all is good with you :)

Yes :) Doesn't ten years just fly past. I must do an updated version of this video just to see/show what's changed (if much has?).

@@RobertAgarHutton i ask myself what the hell happened to my 20's 😂🤣😂🤣. Soon am entering my 40s. Still a nice vid sir! And you're still doing martial arts 🙏🏻😯. Yes an updated version would be interesting. So many ways to defend oneself. Infinite. I try to formulise a list of ways for some reason 😏. Our brains love to simplify things to understand them sometimes.

Thank you.

Thanks. Jokes (generally bad ones) and laughs is definitely my signature style - which some people love and other's hate... A story.... Many years back I was at a seminar (as a participant) and made a joke - the Black Belt standing next to me gave me a disapproving look and said "When you have been doing martial arts as long as me you will take it seriously", I asked (innocently) "How long have you been doing it for?", "Twenty years" the gentleman replied (a bit proudly), "Oh," I retorted, "I've been doing it for 30 years..." - I swear that his brain exploded :) :) :) :) :)

@@RobertAgarHutton Ahhh, gotta love being presented with a good dose of someone's ego 😄

Hi, thanks, sensible - necks are places where a serios injury can occur - always better to play safe. The hair pull is great fun but has to be done smoothly (and I'm not sure that I did that as well as I would wish) and go through multiple directions to get the desired result.

@@RobertAgarHutton I think I understand what you mean. As in, spiral trajectory (multiple directions) is harder to stop than straight line?

That's a really good question and assuming that we both mean the same thing by 'hook punch' that is an in close short roundhouse, the answer is not much - at least no specific move. It would be more about intercepting / redirecting with whatever (arm, shoulder) you could, or simply using footwork and body movement to evade. From a self defence perspective (and yes this is the ideal situation and YES things can and will go wrong) you want to maintain a safe distance from a potential attacker so they cannot start an attack with a hook punch, and also taking the ideal case - if they have started to attack you, you ought to be responding in a way that minimizes their ability to throw punches. That means working to their outside or if on the inside disrupting/controlling their balance so it's difficult for them to generate enough force to hit hard. and.... yes there are things I would do, if I was the 'attacker' in that scenario and was having my balance controlled, so as to enable me to hit hard :) and... yes there are counters to the counters etc :) :) :) That is why real fights are not something that anyone should get involved with if there is any way it can be avoided. In a real fight, people get hurt, sometimes badly, and sometimes killed - so yes yes yes practice the physical skills but also practice practice practice the soft skills too. I hurt my leg yesterday and ended up in a local hospital's A&E department for over 4 hours - chatted to a number of fellow 'walking wounded' and practiced the most important and fundamental skill, chat to strangers be friendly, make them smile :)

@@RobertAgarHutton sir im interested to learn tai chi self defense using 24 steps do you have a set of videos how to use them ?

@@seven-qs5tm The creation of a set of videos based on the 24 is on the list of things that I want to do over the next few months as I am adding content to our online training program at taichitraining.pro

Quite by chance this last weekend, I taught something that could (probably) be considered a defence against a hook punch, but it's NOT from the 24 - have a look at the video ua-cam.com/video/ZrXjSZtUFAM/v-deo.html (it's a second or two later). It's what I described as a 'panic' block.

Hi Roni, thank you for your comment and glad that you liked the video. Sam was brilliant and yes, humour is - for me - a critical part of learning and teaching. People give up their most priceless asset, time, in order to learn, and so it should be useful but also enjoyable.

Why did you not show the push hand

When he punches you can I use cloud hand and push him away from me

Thanks. I am appreciative of your many kind comments and would like to send you a copy of my book on The Metamorphosis of Tai Chi. If you would like a copy, email me at robert@winghigh.co.uk with your postal address and I'll send it to you.